HANDY FARM AND HOME DEVICES And How to Make ThemBartlett, J. V. (Compiled and Designed by)
A Cornstalk Book Sydney 1980 Facsimile Paperback With many illustrations, a near fine copy, a facsimile edition reproduced from the 1945 edition. Postage will be reduced for this book. ; 250 x 190mm; 310 pages Near Fine
Price: 40.00 (AUD)
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Profitable Organic FarmingNewton, Jon
Blackwell Sience UK 1995 1st Edition Softcover 142 crisp white pp & less than 500g to post. Jon Newton is an agricultural consultant specialising in organic and sustainable agriculture based in North Wales, UK. The demand for food produced from sustainable and organic farm enterprises continues to grow worldwide, with demand exceeding supply for many items. This second edition of an extremely well received and successful book covers every aspect of an organic farm enterprise that can have an influence on profitability. As such the book is an essential purchase for all those involved in organic and sustainable farming. Topics covered include grassland productivity, production systems for dairy, beef, sheep, pig, poultry and arable farms, farm size and enterprise combinations, organic standards, financial management, marketing, success factors and progress by organic farmers. The book concludes with a new chapter covering potential future scenarios for organic farming. Drawing on new information available in the area and including case studies from successful organic farm businesses, the author Jon Newton has written a book that is of great commercial use to a wide range of workers including organic farm managers and those wishing to commence organic farming operations. The book is also of great use and interest to agricultural scientists and students and those working in government and regional agricultural advisory services worldwide. Libraries in research establishments, universities and colleges where agricultural sciences are studied and taught should have several copies of this important and useful book on their shelves. Review of the first edition It is an essential volume for any commercial organic farmers or budding organic farmers bookshelf. It will no doubt also be a very popular read and provide much food for thought amongst many agricultural students: New Farmer & Grower. Excellent/None issued
Price: 48.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 012051 Bookseller: Little Lane BooksPostage RatesSend Inquiry

Organic Kitchen GardenRoberts, Juliet
Conran Octopus UK 2005 Hardcover 160 gorgeously illustrated pp & 800g to post. The definitive organic vegetable gardening book, an essential reference for all gardeners committed to a natural, healthy and safe approach. Practical, beautiful and an invaluable gardening reference, Organic Kitchen Garden shows you how to grow your own food and discover the taste of really fresh fruit and vegetables, and more. The book explains how to set up your vegetable patch, how to prepare the soil, choose and care for your crops and stagger your harvest across the seasons. Each chapter deals with a different crop, from salads, beans and brassicas to onions, potatoes and root vegetables, as well as more unusual crops such as fennel, pak choi and sea kale. Also includes helpful monthly lists to remind you which jobs need doing when and tips on composting, weed control, plant health care, pest and disease control and watering. Excellent/Excellent
Price: 24.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 011880 Bookseller: Little Lane BooksPostage RatesSend Inquiry

PULLING PUNCHES : A Traditional Farming YearHeiney, Paul
Methuen UK 1988 Hardcover ex-lib with the appalling fault of having the title page removed, (bring me my horsewhip!) 176 pp, plastic over dj, just a whisker under 500g. An account of the year the author spent learning about horses on a farm tenanted by a couple who run it entirely by horse power. Weyland Farm's 117 acres are worked entirely by Suffolk Punches. Heiney was taught ploughing(plowing) harrowing, sowing & reaping as well as helping at horse shows. He learned about the horses, their tempraments, training & work habits. Heiney became so enamoured of the breed his Fell ponies got a bit of a buzz when he acquired some of his own! Good to Very Good/Very Good
Price: 16.00 (AUD)
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Practical Cattle FarmingBazeley, Kat & Hayton, Alastair
The Crowood Press UK 2007 Laminated Pictorial Boards Practical Cattle Farming has 224pp chocabloc with photos, tables, graphs & a wealth of cattle info to turn your property from Ma & Pa Kettle's into the Cartwright's Ponderosa. "Practical Cattle Farming" is written by two experienced, practising veterinarians, and covers the essential elements of beef and dairy cattle farming and the latest cutting-edge scientific research, and is therefore of value both to the novice and to those with experience. The text is clearly written and includes helpful explanatory notes and detailed practical information. 800g packed for posting. review > Overall, an excellent book and well worth reading; no matter what your specific interest is in cattle farming you will learn much that is useful. Fine/None issued
Price: 34.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 011408 Bookseller: Little Lane BooksPostage RatesSend Inquiry

DOMESTIC AND ORNAMENTAL FOWLPorter ValerieISBN: 0720718252Pelham Books, London 1989 1st Edition Hard Cover A practical guide to the care and understanding of a wide range of domesticated and semi-domesticated birds, including chickens, pheasants, peafowl, quail, guinea-fowl, turkeys, ducks and geese, waterfowl pigeons, doves and ostriches. Included are specific sections for each type of bird with many photographs and details of each species' requirements. Advice is given on producation and marketing of eggs and meat. Excellent condition, very comprehensive and well researched text. Excellent/Excellent
Price: 42.00 (AUD)
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Organic Farming and GrowingBlake, Francis
Crowood Press UK 1990 Revised Softcover This book outlines the principles of organic agriculture, giving advice for those considering going organic, and a step-by-step guide to conversion. Various farm enterprises are examined, including protected cropping, intensive vegetables, field vegetables, fruit, and livestock. With further sections on soil care, manuring, nutrition, weed control, pests, diseases, and marketing, this is a comprehensive practical guide for those starting out or considering organic farming. 221 pp (4 or 5 have a corner crease). less than 500g to post. Very Good/None issued
Price: 24.00 (AUD)
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Alternative Farm Enterprises a guide to alternative sources of income for the FarmerSlee, Bill
Farming Press Books and Videos UK 1989 2nd Edition Laminated Pictorial Boards Summarises the income and social pressures on farmers and their likely development. This book details many alternative farm enterprises such as tourism and recreation. unconventional agricultural activities, use of resources such as buildings, woodlands, timber, wetland. Emphasises the importance of the professional approach to marketing. The author lectures at Scale Hayne College, renowned for its organic approach to agriculture. 238 immaculate pp & just under the 500g for post. Excellent/No Jacket
Price: 21.00 (AUD)
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Practical Poultry KeepingBland, David
The Crowood Press UK 1996 Laminated Pictorial Boards Practical Poultry Keeping by Bland is 159pp & 700g to post. Faults? two spots on the lower outside edge of the compressed pages, maybe a cranky chook? Practical Poultry Keeping is a clear, in-depth guide to this topical subject that will enable anyone to keep poultry for pleasure or profit. Fully illustrated throughout with photographs and explanatory line-drawings, it includes poultry breeds and uses; poultry housing and equipment; breeding and sexing birds; common problems with eggs; natural and artificial incubation and rearing; nutrition and diet; rearing birds for the table; effective planning, management, and marketing; and recognizing and preventing disease. Very Good/No Jacket
Price: 29.00 (AUD)
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The Goatkeeper’s Veterinary BookDunn, Peter
Farming Press Books UK 1990 2nd Edition Hardcover A standard veterinary reference work for all goat keepers. Peter Dunn (author) is a vet surgeon and goatkeeper/breeder in France. Includes a goatkeeper's calendar of particular interest in preventive medicine planning. Hardback, 210 pages, bw & colour photos & line art. review >>> This book is a must for any goatkeeper. It is an invaluable commodity on the farm. I have turned to its pages countless times, both as a refresher and during emergenices. The information covers everyday concerns as well as more extensive descriptions of disease and preventative medicine. Excellent/Excellent
Price: 36.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 010938 Bookseller: Little Lane BooksPostage RatesSend Inquiry

Fruit for the Home and GardenJohns, Leslie & Stevenson, Violet
Angus & Robertson Australia 1986 Card Cover 252pp & over 500g to post. Gives practical advice on growing, harvesting, and preserving fruit and provides recipes for jams, preserves, conserves, chutneys, and sauces. Many fruits are described in detail: where it comes from, what it tastes like, how different varieties occur and are cultivated to advantage. For the home gardener the authors give practical advice on the choice of the best varieties to suit climate and soil conditions, on pruning and fertilising techniques, pest control, on training methods and on when to harvest and how to store the crop. Very Good/None issued
Price: 22.00 (AUD)
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Free-range PoultryThear, Katie
Farming Press Books UK 1990 Laminated Pictorial Boards This popular practical guide to the free range management of chickens on any scale, small or large, has been revised and extended to deal with changes in regulations, welfare considerations and the latest research findings.179 crisp pp & just under the 500g for posting. Excellent/None issued
Price: 28.00 (AUD)
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The Spirit of the Soil: Agriculture and Environmental Ethics (Environmental Philosophies)Thompson, Paul B
Routeledge 1995 Cardcover This copy in great shape ex-Cheshire lib, usual stamps etc The Spirit of the Soil challenges environmentalists to think more deeply and creatively about agriculture. Paul B. Thompson identifies four `worldviews' which tackle agricultural ethics according to different philosophical priorities; productionism, stewardship, economics and holism. He examines current issues such as the use of pesticides and biotechnology from these ethical perspectives. This book achieves an open-ended account of sustainability designed to minimise hubris and help us to recapture the spirit of the soil. Very Good/None issued
Price: 30.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 010645 Bookseller: Little Lane BooksPostage RatesSend Inquiry

Commercial Goat ProductionWilkinson, JM & Stark Barbara
BSP Professionals UK 1987 Card Cover There is a growing interest in commercial goat production, in both the developed and the developing world, and current studies in this aspect of livestock management have also revealed the useful role which goats may play in the management and improvement of pasture. This book is one of the first of its kind to be published in the English language and its emphasis is on how to develop a goat herd as a viable commercial activity rather than merely as a hobby. It applies current scientific advances to practical commercial enterprise and covers breeding, handling and housing, nutrition, milk, meat and fibre production and management. The book also sets out methods of improving breed efficiency and nutrition, optimizing herd size and processing goat products on the farm for increased profit, and is aimed at the general public who are interested in the commercial rearing of goats, undergraduate agricultural students and those qualified in livestock management who wish to further their knowledge on this specialized aspect of the subject. 159pp chocka-block full of Billy & Nanny info such as photos, graphs, tables, referrals & tips&tricks. Good-very Good/None issued
Price: 21.00 (AUD)
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A Fresh Taste of Italy 250 Authentic Recipes, Undiscovered Dishes, and New Flavors for Every DayScicolone, Michele
Broadway Books USA 1997 Hardcover A fresh Taste of Italy is 1.5 kilo & 391pp - ex Brisbane lib with the usual plastic overwrap & stamps. A Fresh Taste of Italy is two cookbooks in one. First, it is an everyday Italian cookbook, including must-have recipes for basics like homemade pasta, quick tomato sauce, perfect risotto, roast chicken, and traditional antipasto. But Michele also provides innovative recipes for specialties not found in other Italian cookbooks, such as Salmon Carpaccio, Duck Ragu, Risotto with Apples, and the extraordinary Spaghetti with Rubies. In addition to her recipes, Michele includes the names and addresses of her favorite restaurants, where many of these dishes can be found. Information-packed sidebars offer suggestions for choosing ingredients and step-by-step instructions for cooking pasta and risotto, chopping onions without crying, and pitting olives. (we also have Scicolone's "Savouring Italy" - she has some dozen+ books to her credit) Very Good/Good
Price: 22.00 (AUD)
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Beekeeping (Teach Yourself Books)Vernon, Frank
Hodder & Stoughton 1977 Paperback Less than 500g to post - The ultimate guide to setting up and maintaining your colonies, with practical advice on all aspects of beekkeeping. With tips and information on bee biology, collecting honey and running hives in every location and season, this is essential reading for any beginner beekeeper. Good/None issued
Price: 14.00 (AUD)
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Raising Small AnimalsMoody, E. Grant
Farming Press UK 1991 Laminated Pictorial Boards Raising Small Animals by Moody is 318 crisp pp & 800g to post. "This text on raising small animals considers the scientific principles involved in the first half of the book and offers information on production practices for poultry, rabbits, sheep and goats in the second half. The book is intended for an international readership and the practices described may be adopted for large-scale production in temperate zones and for small-scale production in tropical areas. Dr Moody has taught animal production for 30 years in the United States." Excellent/Very Good
Price: 23.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 012439 Bookseller: Little Lane BooksPostage RatesSend Inquiry

Design of Shearing Sheds and Sheep YardsA A Barber and R B Freeman,ISBN: 0909605351Inkata Press, Melbourne, 1986. First Edition Hardcover Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. First Edition. Covered in clear contact which is causing the endpapers to become stuck down. Body of book and text is very clean and in very good condition. No internal inscriptions or missing pages. 212 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Architecture; Australia; Farming & Rural Life. ISBN: 0909605351. ISBN/EAN: 9780909605353. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 53819. This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries. Good Condition
Price: 41.00 (AUD)
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The Australian Pekin BantamChris Hardman, Tony Mills, David Plant, Bill Plant (editors)ISBN: 0646075667Pekin Bantam Club of NSW 1993 Soft Cover General wear to covers. Small inscription to top of title page. 208 pages with colour and b/w illustrations. A complete manual on the Australian Pekin Bantam including type and colour standards accepted and recommended by The Pekin Bantam Club of NSW. Good+
Price: 110.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 022312 Bookseller: Terra Australis BooksPostage RatesSend Inquiry

On the edge: The changing world of Australia’s farmersMilliken, Robert,ISBN: 0731801709Simon & Schuster, Sydney, 1992. First Edition Softcover Softcover. Very Good Condition/. Illustrator: lorrie graham. First Edition. Examines the impact of soil degradation and rabbit plagues, the collapse of wool and wheat under the impact of international trade wars, and disasters sown by the financial lending frenzy of the 1980s. Together with the revolution in the cattle industry, the development of new forms of agriculture and the rise of the land care movement it provides a picture of hope amidst despair. Includes moving accounts of personal hardship and courage. -- rear panel blurb Clean copy, no damage. Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. 182 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: lorrie graham. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1.0. Category: Farming & Rural Life; Farmers--Australia; Farm life--Australia; Farmers--Australia--Economic conditions; Australia; Environment & Ecology. ISBN: 0731801709. ISBN/EAN: 9780731801701. Library of Congress No: 93201751. Inventory No: 0262747. Very Good Condition
Price: 16.50 (AUD)
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quality milk; how to produce itMilk Board of New South Wales,
Milk Board of New South Wales, Sydney, 1941. First Edition Stapled Card Stapled Card. Good/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Photographic. First Edition. 50 g; 32 pages, in original thickened card binding with two staples on the spine. The binding has faded on all edges. Internally the book is clean. There is a small hole punched in the top left-hand corner of the book, no indication of whether it happened at the time of printing or subsequently. No text is affected. The book has a page of text with the next page being advertisements. No mention is made of the War. "This booklet is supplied to you by the Milk Board of NSW to assist you to produce cleaner and better milk." Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: .5. Category: Farming & Rural Life; Inventory No: 0220983. Post will be reduced to $7.90 for posting inside Australia, at the time of processing the order.. Good
Price: 16.00 (AUD)
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Three Lifetimes of Dairying in VictoriaSillcock, Ken,ISBN: 0725600845The Hawthorn Press Melbourne, Melbourne, 1972. First Edition Hardcover (Original Cloth) Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. First Edition. Signed by Author. includes further reading list, index. Decorated dustwrapper. . Author reccounts the history of his family dairy business over three generations. very fine foxing to the top edge of the text block, and to the front edge. Traces of foxing to the front and rear fold over flaps of the jacket. 1.5 inch tear at the top of the front fold over (done by the bookseller :-( ) Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 182 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1.0. Category: History; Local History -- Victoria; Australia; Farming & Rural Life. Signed by Author. ISBN: 0725600845. ISBN/EAN: 9780725600846. Inventory No: 0236924. Very Good Condition
Price: 33.00 (AUD)
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chamomile farm  the other wayWilliams, Lyle,ISBN: 0947062084Hyland House, Melbourne, 1987. First Edition Softcover Softcover. Very Good Condition/. Illustrator: photographs & drawings. First Edition. the book is 2nd hand, and has some handling marks to the front edge of the pages, inside is clean and free of damage. Indexed, the book has a final chapter on some interesting herbs. The book is illustrated with line drawings and diagrams, black and white photographs, and 12 pages of colour plates. The picture of the Christmas lilies is most becoming. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 128 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: photographs & drawings. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: .5. Category: Farming & Rural Life; Australia; Gardening. ISBN: 0947062084. ISBN/EAN: 9780947062088. Inventory No: 0252706. Post will be reduced to $7.90 for posting inside Australia, at the time of processing the order.. Very Good Condition
Price: 14.00 (AUD)
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The Good Life -- a guide to traditional skills and self-sufficiency in AustraliaMoody, Mary,ISBN: 0701815124Lansdowne Press, Sydney, 1983. First Edition Hardcover Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Dianne Bradley  illustrations. First Edition. 950 g; 160 pages, indexed, and illustrated throughout with other black-and-white photographs, green and black line drawings and diagrams, or colour photographs. Colour illustrated dustjacket has lost colour on and either side of the spine. The dust jacket has a couple of small tears at the top of the spine section. Internally clean and free of damage. In this book you will find a guide to alternative living that doesn't encourage you to abandon modern civilisation in favour of Earth-floor mudbrick houses and handspun underwear. Instead it presents basic alternatives to the consumer society -- demonstrating a different perspective that will allow you more control of your life regardless of whether you live in the city, town or country. -- Front fold over blurb. Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Dianne Bradley  illustrations. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2.0. Category: Gardening; Farming & Rural Life. ISBN: 0701815124. ISBN/EAN: 9780701815127. Inventory No: 0257097. THIS BOOK WILL INCUR EXTRA POST OUTSIDE OF AUSTRALIA, BECAUSE IT IS OVER 1 Kg WITHOUT PACKAGING, PLEASE ENQUIRE BEFORE ORDERING. Very Good Condition
Price: 22.00 (AUD)
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New Worlds emergingHanson, Earl Parker,
Victor Gollancz, London, 1950. First Edition Hardcover Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. First Edition. XX, 385, [3] pages in the original green cloth, slightly faded on the spine section, and with dustwrapper which is darkened on the spine section.The author argues that with science and forward thinking, mankind will survive, and be able to generate more food than he could possibly use. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. XX, 385, [3] pages in the original green cloth, slightly faded on the spine section, and with dustwrapper which is darkened on the spine section.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1.0. Category: Farming & Rural Life; Geology; Science & Technology. Inventory No: 0261373. Very Good Condition
Price: 14.00 (AUD)
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Practical duck keeping under Australian conditions : treats the subject fully from shell to maturity /Corsellis, C. A.  Editor,
The poultry newspaper, Sydney, No date. Reprint Softcover Softcover. Fair Condition/. Illustrator: Photographs. Reprint. In fragile condition, stapled binding, cover starting to come away and torn, with loss at the lower right-hand corner and loss of the lower right-hand corner of the first page. Page edges slightly browned and spotty, a couple of pages towards the rear have a short tear in the outside margin. Illustrated with many black-and-white photographs and a couple of line drawings. There is no publication date, but according to the National library of Australia, properly published in the early nineteen fifties. There is a reference to the Pekin duck "having left China about 70 years ago or in the early 70's" which would have to be 1870's so the book would have been first printed early 1940s sixth edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 80 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographs. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: .5. Category: Farming & Rural Life; Poultry ; Animals & Birds. Inventory No: 0271782. This book is light, and postage will be reduced to $7.90 for shipment within Australia. . Fair Condition
Price: 22.00 (AUD)
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The valley and the farm.Edwards, Monica,ISBN: 0718108396Michael Joseph, London, 1971. First Edition Hardcover Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Photographs. First Edition. The top edge of the dust jacket is slightly rubbed, there is a shadow from a price sticker at the bottom of the front paste down, and very slight offset tanning of the free end pages. No other damage to describe.Following her books about the cats and badges of Punch Bowl Farm, Monica Edwards takes us further into the lives of the people and animals of her farm and its Wild Valley. There are many fine photographs, most of them taken by the author. The pictures of the badges can be truly claimed as sensational.  Front fold over blurb. Oh, and there's one drawing describing the attributes of a cow Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 144 pages. please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographs. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1.0. Category: Farming & Rural Life; England; Animals & Birds. ISBN: 0718108396. ISBN/EAN: 9780718108397. Inventory No: 0269575. Very Good Condition
Price: 16.50 (AUD)
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Boots and all; An oral history of farming in VictoriaWatson, Catherine,ISBN: 0909313245Friends of the Earth, Collingwood, 1984. First Edition Softcover Softcover. Good Condition/. Illustrator: photographs. First Edition. a small thin paper back showing creases on the rear panel, and browning of the bottom of the last page where exposed to light because of the crease. No other damage, internally clean, and free of annotation.contains the lives and stories of 24 Victorian farmers  settlers, squatters, pioneers, cockies, farmworkers, shearers, rabbiters, fencers, horse breakers, drovers, harvesters  told in their own words.  Of these and many more stories are an account of life outside the cities in the years up to 1950. Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. 108 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: photographs. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: .5. Category: Farming & Rural Life; Australia; Sociology & Culture. ISBN: 0909313245. ISBN/EAN: 9780909313241. Inventory No: 0269406. Post will be reduced to $7.90 for posting inside Australia, at the time of processing the order.. Good Condition
Price: 14.00 (AUD)
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The Weekly Times Farmers’ HandbookEditors of The Weekly Times,ISBN: 0909917213The Herald and Weekly Times Limited, Melbourne, 1978. Reprint Hardcover (Original Cloth) Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Photographic. Reprint. 450 grammes; 256 pages, index. The text is illustrated with black and white line drawings and the occasional black and white photograph. Beige coloured boards with gilt writing on the front panel and the spine. Photographic dust wrapper [ wraparound ), showing a typical Australian rural scene, with black and red writing on the front panel and white on the spine. A guide for the farmer put out by the The Weekly Times, which since 1929, has been giving indispensable information to the Australian rural populace. Topics covered include veterinary [ for cattle, sheep, horses, pigs, cats and dogs ], gardening, a special section for the original editions of the Farmers' Handbook -- with ideas, hints, methods and remedies and even a section on handcrafts. The year of publication is on the basis of the introduction by J. Balfour Brown, Editor, the Weekly Times The top edge of the dust jacket is slightly rubbed with loss of colour as is the heel of the spine, and there is a small "dent" on the bottom edge of the front panel. No other damage, no annotations. Revised Edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1.0. Category: Farming & Rural Life; ISBN: 0909917213. ISBN/EAN: 9780909917210. Inventory No: 0275887. Very Good Condition
Price: 22.00 (AUD)
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The Best of James HerriotHerriot, James,
Reader's Digest, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 1982. First Edition Hardcover Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. First Edition. illustrated throughout with 330 illustrations in monotone and 140 illustrations in colour. Indexed. This book was edited and designed by the Reader's Digest Association, with his own selections from his original books with additional material by the editors. there is no damage to describe. First edition of the work in this format and binding, and/or set or series. Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. 504 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2.0. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Farming & Rural Life. Inventory No: 0242301. THIS BOOK WILL INCUR EXTRA POST OUTSIDE OF AUSTRALIA, BECAUSE IT IS OVER 1 Kg WITHOUT PACKAGING, PLEASE ENQUIRE BEFORE ORDERING. Very Good Condition
Price: 22.00 (AUD)
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Integrated Pest Management.Dent, David (editor).ISBN: 0412573709Chapman & Hall London 1995 Hardback octavo, no jacket as issued, pictorial cover, very good plus condition, figures, tables, base spine end little creased. 356 pp. A practical guide to the principles and practice of developing an integrated pest management (IPM) program. The term 'pest' in this book is used in its broadest sense and includes insects, pathogens, weeds, nematodes, etc. This will be a useful book for agricultural and plant scientists, entomologists, acarologists and nematologists and all those studying crop protection.
Price: 50.00 (AUD)
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Merinos, Mallee Roots and Making Tracks.Russell, Rob.ISBN: 9780646474014R. T. R. Russell Ballarat, VIC 2007 Paperback wide trade, as new condition, black & white text-photos. 179 pp. Rob's third book again takes us on his classing run, and relates the humour of the Australian sheepyards, woolsheds, country pubs and homesteads.
Price: 15.00 (AUD)
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Reminiscences of a Fun’gi: The Story of a Community that Mushroomed [Fungi].Miller, John.ISBN: 0646434306John Miller / Hawkesbury City Council Windsor, NSW 2004 Paperback large quarto, very good condition, card covers, black & white text-photos, slight creasing spine, bottom corner front cover creased, few marks bottom corners last few pages, minor edgewear. 257 pp. About the old and new migrant Australian men, women and their children who created a new farming industry with their bare hands in the Hawkesbury Valley and Hills District of New South Wales. Ernest Roy Sanders was the "Pioneer Founder of the Mushroom Industry" when in 1936 he established the first mushroom farm in the area at Oakville. On 26th January, 2004, Hawkesbury City Council, posthumously awarded Roy Sanders, who died in 1986, the Australia Day Commemorative Plaque for establishing an economically and environmentally sustainable agricultural crop to the benefit of the district. Describes the history, development and importance of the mushroom industry in the Hawkesbury from his perspective as a farmer in the Hawkesbury since 1955. This book will be of interest to anyone wanting to understand the future of agriculture in northwestern Sydney.
Price: 80.00 (AUD)
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Duck Keeping for Beginners.Putland, Helen.ISBN: 0864179634Kangaroo Press Sydney 1998 Paperback wide octavo, very good condition, drawings, colour photos, few page corner tips creased (bookmarks), minor edgewear & marking. 46 pp. A quirky little fun but practical book about all aspects of keeping ducks for pleasure, and perhaps a little profit. How to feed, house and breed ducks, how to keep them clean, and how they can coexist with hens and geese. Her infectious love for these waddling creatures is readily apparent.
Price: 14.00 (AUD)
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Jack Howe: The Man and the Legend.Muir, Barry R.ISBN: 0958580014B. & J. Muir / Stop Press Print Blackall, QLD 1998 Paperback trade, very good plus condition, black & white text-photos (most full-page), frontispiece, minor edgewear. 111 pp. This is the story of the legendary blade shearer, Jack Howe (1861 - 1920), who lived in Queensland's most turbulent period in history, which includes the formation of Unionism, the labor party, and the big 1891 and 1894 Shearer's Strikes which came close to civil war. Jack Howe set an unbeatable blade-shearing record, became a publican, a grazier, and sold Model T Fords from his Universal Hotel. He and his wife Victoria, brought up eight of their ten children in a very harsh environment. One hundred years on Jack can still be remembered with intrigue and fascination.
Price: 15.00 (AUD)
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A Mingled Yarn: The Seifert Family and Flaxmilling in New Zealand.Pollard, Jane.
Jane Pollard Bowral, NSW 2004 Paperback small quarto, very good condition, black & white photos, top corner front cover little creased (& first few pages), autograph (author's written name title page). 159 pp. This is the story of a family who milled flax from Southland to the Waikato in New Zealand. The author is the great-granddaughter of Johann Herrmann Seifert. Using Alfred Seifert's personal letters, diaries, and business correspondence, plus wages books and cutter's tallies from several of his mills, this story traces the flax industry and the men who worked it, through the turbulent years of two Depressions and two world wars, and the mingled fortunes of those times.
Price: 25.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 25218 Bookseller: Bookhome Australian Internet BookshopPostage RatesSend Inquiry

Food for Thought: Towards a Future for Farming.Herman, Patrick; Kuper, Richard.ISBN: 0745320775Pluto Press London 2003 Paperback small, very good condition, boxes, minimal edgewear. 156 pp. The French radical farmers union Confederation Paysanne, with its leader Jose Bove, has led the world in demonstrating a socially progressive future for farming. Originally published in French, this book has been expanded and adapted for an English-speaking audience. Rejects the increasing intensification and industrialisation of agriculture. Argues for local food production by small, independent farmers - both for the sake of food quality, and to support the kind of societies we deserve.
Price: 10.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 23572 Bookseller: Bookhome Australian Internet BookshopPostage RatesSend Inquiry

Making Their Own Way: The Dunbabins on Maria Island 1869 - 1876.Dunbabin, Tom.ISBN: 9780646542317Bangor Publications Dunalley, TAS 2010 Paperback wide octavo (with flaps), very good plus condition, black & white & sepia (brown-tinted) & colour text-photos. 144 pp. The story of two brothers establishing a farm on remote Maria Island, a former penal settlement, off Tasmania's east coast. The author has long been fascinated by his ancestors and their island home. A local history based mostly on surviving letters that reveal their triumphs and tragedies, loves and losses, in early colonial Tasmania.
Price: 50.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 14897 Bookseller: Bookhome Australian Internet BookshopPostage RatesSend Inquiry

Australia’s Pest Animals: New Solutions to Old Problems.Olsen, Penny.ISBN: 0864178085Bureau of Resource Sciences / Kangaroo Press Canberra / Sydney 1998 Paperback large quarto, very good condition, maps, tables, colour text-photos, minor edgewear, top corner rear cover little creased, bottom corner tip little scuffed. 160 pp. Examines the problems caused by Australian feral animals and what can be done to stop this happening. Describes sophisticated, scientifically-based techniques and strategies that are humane, cost-effective and are fully consistent with the principles of ecologically sustainable land management. Should help farmers and natural resource managers to successfully reduce damage (diseases) caused by pest animals, and is also a useful reference for policy-makers, teachers and students.
Price: 35.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 27477 Bookseller: Bookhome Australian Internet BookshopPostage RatesSend Inquiry

A Legacy Under Threat? Family Farming in Australia.Lees, Jim (editor).ISBN: 1875821368University of New England Press (UNE Press) Armidale, NSW 1997 Paperback small quarto, good plus condition, tables, figures, covers lightly creased, minor insect damage inside front cover, minor edgewear. 259 pp. This book is an important source for those wishing to understand the complex factors that will determine the future of family farming in Australia. It is written for both the general reader and the serious student of the Australian farming scene. SALE PRICE.
Price: 15.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 22596 Bookseller: Bookhome Australian Internet BookshopPostage RatesSend Inquiry

Keeping Chickens: Getting the Best from Your Chickens.Hobson, Jeremy; Lewis, Celia.ISBN: 9780715336250David & Charles Blue Ash, OH 2012 Paperback small square quarto, very good condition, colour photos (few full-page), tiny scuff spine ends, small crush top edge rear cover, minor edgewear corners & spine ends. 174 pp. This book discusses the care of chickens. Covers egg-laying to ease of keeping for over 70 different breeds, setting up and maintaining a healthy hen house, keeping the chickens warm - and dry and safe from predators. There is practical advice on hygiene, disease and healthcare. Learn about broody birds and egg incubation, and rear a new generation of chicks to brighten any garden.
Price: 18.00 (AUD)
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Unlocking the Land: The Saga of Farming in Australia.Bromby, Robin.
Lothian Publishing Melbourne 1989 Paperback trade, very good condition, black & white photos, corner tips covers little scuffed, spine little faded, light toning inside covers, light foxing edges, minor edges. 168 pp. About the history of farming in Australia since settlement. The difficulties faced by the early settlers in a hot, dry and often infertile land are described. Droughts, shearer's strikes, and campaigns to keep the Kanakas in the cane fields are all discussed. An interesting book for anyone wanting to learn about early farming.
Price: 15.00 (AUD)
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Bantams [Pet and Fancy Series].Easom Smith, H.
Cassell London 1970 Paperback small, very good condition, black & white text-photos & drawings, minor edgewear. 128 pp. A practical and illustrated guide written for enthusiasts of all ages. This helpful book has basic facts for the beginner, and informed suggestions for the professional.
Price: 10.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 20951 Bookseller: Bookhome Australian Internet BookshopPostage RatesSend Inquiry

Against the Grain: How Agriculture has Hijacked Civilization.Manning, Richard.ISBN: 0865476225North Point Press / Farrar Straus Giroux (FSG) New York 2005 Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good plus dustjacket), cloth binding along spine. 232 pp. A fascinating history of agriculture, from the domestication of plants and animals 10,000 years ago to today's corporate megafarms.
Price: 12.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 20799 Bookseller: Bookhome Australian Internet BookshopPostage RatesSend Inquiry

Pig Keeping on a Small Scale.McFarlane, Annette; McFarlane, Grant.ISBN: 0864177909Kangaroo Press Sydney, Kenthurst 1996 Paperback wide octavo, very good condition, colour photos centre spread, tables, old price marks. 72 pp. Two pig breeders from Samsonvale, Queensland, detail their own experiences, and the trial and error process that they hope this book will eliminate. They have successfully exported the rare Tamworth pig breed back to England.
Price: 15.00 (AUD)
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The Country’s Finest Hour: Sixty Years of Rural Broadcasting in Australia.Bailey, Jenny.ISBN: 0733317359Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC) Sydney 2005 Paperback small quarto, very good plus condition, black & white text-photos, minimal edgewear. 200 pp. Part history, part reminiscence, this book draws largely on the memories of ABC reporters past and present, many of whom were great characters whose flair and sense of humour equalled their rapport with the audience. There are behind-the-scenes stories about some of Australia's most popular programs - "Blue Hills", "A Big Country", "Australia All Over" - as well as a look at the present state of life in the bush and the future of rural broadcasting.
Price: 15.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 23107 Bookseller: Bookhome Australian Internet BookshopPostage RatesSend Inquiry

So Shall You Reap: Farming and Crops in Human Affairs.Solbrig, Otto T.; Solbrig, Dorothy.ISBN: 1559633093Island Press Washington, DC 1994 Paperback octavo, very good plus condition, black & white drawings, tables, printed on recycled acid-free paper, minimal edgewear. 284 pp. This book is about how farming evolved - when and how people learned to irrigate, to fertilize, and to rotate crops. A fascinating book for anyone interested in agricultural history and the environment.
Price: 15.00 (AUD)
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Last Chance Mustang: The Story of One Horse, One Horseman, and One Final Shot at Redemption.Bornstein, Mitchell.ISBN: 9781250087478St Martin's Press New York 2015 Paperback octavo, very good condition, colour photos centre spread, bottom corner rear cover creased, minor edgewear. 300 pp. The author has spent 20 years as a horse trainer, and thought that he had met every dangerous horse there is, until he met Samson who hated everyone and everything, and would let everyone know it. After years of abuse at the hands of sadistic owners he had learned that all humans mean pain and fear. Over one year, Mitch and Samson learnt respect for each other, and Mitch experienced firsthand the true mettle and greatness of the wild American mustang (from the Nevada wilds). This is a story of hope, redemption, commitment, friendship, and love, told with great compassion.
Price: 18.00 (AUD)
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From Beneath the Volcano: The Story of a Salvadoran Campesino and His Family.Gorkin, Michael; Pineda, Martha Evelyn.ISBN: 9780816529636University of Arizona Press Tucson, AZ 2011 Paperback octavo, very good condition, map, corner tips little scuffed, scuff marks spine edges, minor edgewear corners. 201 pp. This is the story of one family in rural El Salvador. The conflict experienced in the 1980s, in guerrilla camps, refugee camps and war zones, is told through experiences of the family. The authors have written a fascinating story which is helpful in understanding the lives of the rural families in Central America The family and friends of Louis Campos, appear in the book with a pseudonym.
Price: 25.00 (AUD)
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Natural Gain in the Grazing Lands of Southern Australia.Smith, David E.ISBN: 0868405639University of New South Wales Press (UNSW Press) Sydney 2000 Paperback octavo, very good condition, tables, pages lightly toned. 225 pp. In the 20th century, some remarkable changes occurred to the grazing lands of Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia. The author observed these changes, and was an active participant as researcher, teacher and farmer. He documents these changes, and in the process challenges many current assumptions about ecological change on the continent over the last 200 years, especially with regard to land degradation.
Price: 10.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 23507 Bookseller: Bookhome Australian Internet BookshopPostage RatesSend Inquiry

The Good Good Pig: The Extraordinary Life of Christopher Hogwood.Montgomery, Sy.
Hodder & Stoughton London 2006 Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), pages faintly toned, minor edgewear, remainder mark. 241 pp. This is a story about a very special pig in New Hampshire. This book celebrates Christopher Hogwood in all his glory, from his infancy to hog heaven in his rural home.
Price: 14.00 (AUD)
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Big Mobs: The Story of Australian Cattlemen.McLaren, Glen.ISBN: 1863682473Fremantle Arts Centre Press (FACP) Perth, Fremantle 2000 Paperback small wide octavo, very good condition, black & white text-photos & drawings, minimal foxing fore-edge, minimal edgewear. 391 pp. Published in association with the Research Institute for Cultural Heritage, Curtin University, Perth. Provides Australian stockmen the place they so richly deserve in pastoral and Australian history. From the lonely months on a long cattle drive to the boots they wore and the places they lived in, this comprehensive work provides a fascinating insight into a unique way of life.
Price: 15.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 21922 Bookseller: Bookhome Australian Internet BookshopPostage RatesSend Inquiry

Practical Prickle Farming: Hard-Won Advice to Small Area Farmers.Hayes, Mike; Hayes, Janet.ISBN: 0642527199ABC Enterprises Sydney 1986 Paperback wide octavo, very good condition, black & white cartoons & text-photos, minor edgewear corners, minimal faint foxing edges, old price marks. 192 pp. Practical advice to small-area farmers. Based on their seven years of experience of running what was once the worst little farm in Australia, as previously reported on the Prickle Farm stories on ABC radio and TV. Not for the hobby farmer or alternative lifestylers. It's aimed at the ordinary bloke and his missus, who'd love to have a place in the country to get a bit of fresh air, give the kids a bit os space, and maybe raise a few chooks. The comical drawings are a delight.
Price: 14.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 25124 Bookseller: Bookhome Australian Internet BookshopPostage RatesSend Inquiry

Showtime! (Photographs and Memories of the Royal Easter Show).Lindsay, Jake; Hartin, Murray.ISBN: 0646295632Portseat Pty Ltd Sydney, Rosebery 1996 Paperback small folio, very good plus condition, sepia (brown-tinted) text-photos (some full-page), minimal edgewear. Unnum 128 pp. This photoessay documents the people who ran, participated in, and attended Sydney's famous Royal Agricultural Show in 1996 at Moore Park. (The show later moved to the western suburbs.).
Price: 20.00 (AUD)
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Diary of a Weekend Farmer.Jolley, Elizabeth; Kotai, Evelyn (paintings).ISBN: 1863680438Fremantle Arts Centre Press (FACP) Fremantle 1993 Hardback small octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), colour paintings (including frontispiece), small dent bottom edge rear cover, base spine little rubbed, minor edgewear jacket (minor edgewear). 95 pp. This book is a delightful humorous and moving mixture of personal observation and poetry. The book is based upon the authors own record of life on the land.
Price: 15.00 (AUD)
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Fifteen Hundred Down the Murranji.Lunney, Bob.ISBN: 1863331417Crawford House Adelaide 1998 Paperback trade, very good condition, crease fore-edge front cover, light crease cover near spine, pages lightly toned, minor edgewear. 200 pp. This is a well-told tale of a true-life adventure full of drama, conflict, danger, humour and pathos. He begins his story in 1956, when he was 17 years old, and joined a droving team on one of the last epic long-distance cattle drives in Australia, when road-trains were beginning to make such treks obsolete. The story is drawn from notes scribbled in an old exercise book during the trip.
Price: 15.00 (AUD)
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Down Came a Jumbuck: The Indigenous Australian Woolshed.O’Brien, Tess.ISBN: 0646221124The Author / Hunter Valley Printing Muswellbrook, NSW 1994 Paperback large quarto, very good plus condition, sepia (brown-coloured) text & text-photos. 79 pp. (No 914 of a limited edition.) An illustrated history of the woolshed in Australia, with a focus on the Merriwa area, New South Wales. Dedicated to Pamela Power, the first and female mayor of Merriwa Shire Council, and who suffered from motor neurone disease (MND). Proceeds from the sale of this book were donated to support MND research. Preface by Judith Durham (MND sufferer), the Duchess of York, and Rosemary Annable (Royal Australian Historical Society).
Price: 60.00 (AUD)
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Life on Forty Acres: A Saga of Australian Rural Life.Moore, Barry P.ISBN: 0860960005E. W. Classey Ltd Faringdon, Oxon 1978 Hardback small octavo, no jacket, good plus condition, pictorial cover, black & white drawings (few full-page), endpapers lightly toned & little foxed, pages lightly toned, edges lightly foxed & bumped, two tiny dents top edge, owner's written name. 184 pp. The author is a naturalist who bought his own property in Australia. He has an interest in nature and his environment, and wanted to share the pleasures and frustrations of living and working on his own land, with anyone who would like to learn about Australia's natural environment. The fascinating drawings are by the author. He shows a great understanding of the Australian bush and all that it has to offer.
Price: 15.00 (AUD)
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Great Australian Droving StoriesMarsh, Bill ’SwampyISBN: 9780733313356ABC Books, Australia, 2007. Reprint Trade Paperback Trade Paperback. Very Good/. Reprint. 273 pages. Covers have no creasing. Edges of covers have superficial edgewear and corners are lightly bumped. Spine is uncreased. Pages are clean and unmarked and in excellent condition. Before utes, planes and helicopters, mustering and droving were done by a group of men who, on horseback, would move thousands of head of cattle and sheep vast distances in the search for better grazing.It was an isolated and often difficult life, but one frequently filled with adventure and great humour.Bill 'Swampy' Marsh has travelled throughout Australia to make sure the voices and stories of these wry, tough men are not lost forever.In this collection of sixty adventures you will find out about the extraordinary lives on the road of the great Australian drover. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Farming & Rural Life; ISBN/EAN: 9780733313356. Inventory No: 13100002. Very Good
Price: 14.00 (AUD)
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Durian: Fruit Development, Postharvest Physiology, Handling and Marketing in ASEANSonthat Nanthachai,ISBN: 9679932222ASEAN Food Handling Bereau, Kuala Lampur, 1994. Softcover Softcover. Good Condition/. . Size: 21cm x 13cm. 156 pages. Book is in Good condition, by which we mean it has marks of age and is well worn from handling, but is still intact and good for reading. Shelf and edge wear to covers. Light creasing to covers. Text contains some marks and notes in ink and some highlighting. Shipped Weight: .26 kilos. ISBN: 9679932222. ISBN/EAN: 9789679932225. Good Condition
Price: 35.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 0007529 Bookseller: Logical Unsanity Books & Miscellaneous PhantasmagoriaPostage RatesSend Inquiry

BeekeepingRussell Goodman,ISBN: 0724198393Creative Solutions, Melbourne, 1991. Seventh Edition Softcover Softcover. Very Good Condition/. Seventh Edition. First published as Beekeeping in Victoria. Size: 25cm x 18cm. 177 pages. Book is in Very Good Minus condition, by which we mean it has some marks of age and/or wear from light handling, but is still a desirable copy. Shelf and edge wear to covers. Light creasing to covers. Very light browing to page extremities. Shipped Weight: .5 kilos. ISBN: 0724198393. ISBN/EAN: 9780724198399. Very Good Condition
Price: 40.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 0007103 Bookseller: Logical Unsanity Books & Miscellaneous PhantasmagoriaPostage RatesSend Inquiry

Wool! Modern Myths: New HorizonsG. S. LeCounteur,
F. W. Cheshire, Melbourne, 1967. Hardcover Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. . With an Introduction by K. O. Campbell. Size: 22cm x 14cm. 187 pages. In protective wraps, can be safely removed. Very small nip of biopredation to outside edge of textblock. Very light foxing to endpapers and occasionally throughout. Light foxing and browning to board edges and very light to rest of boards. Dust Jacket is fully intact, no tears or chips, light signs of wear to top and bottom edges, corners etc. Light foxing to inside of jacket. Light browning to pages. Shipped Weight: .46 kilos. Very Good Condition
Price: 15.00 (AUD)
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Sheep Management and Wool TechnologyJ. B. D’Arcy,ISBN: 0868401064New South Wales University Press, Sydney, 1986. Second Edition Softcover Softcover. Very Good Condition/. Second Edition. Reprinted with minor revisions. Size: 25cm x 18cm. 342 pages. Book is in Very Good condition, by which we mean it has light marks of age and/or wear from light handling, but is still a desirable copy. Light shelf and edge wear to covers. Previous owner's signature in ink. Shipped Weight: .81 kilos. ISBN: 0868401064. ISBN/EAN: 9780868401065. Very Good Condition
Price: 35.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 0005601 Bookseller: Logical Unsanity Books & Miscellaneous PhantasmagoriaPostage RatesSend Inquiry

Understanding Farm Animals: An Introduction to the Science of Animal ProductionJ. A. Sutherland,ISBN: 0070200335McGraw Hill, Sydney, 1975. Later Printing Softcover Softcover. Very Good Condition/. Later Printing. Very Good Minus Condition. Size: 24cm x 15cm. 233 pages. Book is in Very Good condition, by which we mean it has light marks of age and/or wear from light handling, but is still a desirable copy. Very light soiling to outside edges of text block. Shelf and edge wear to covers. Light soiling to covers. Previous owner's signature in ink. Shipped Weight: .36 kilos. ISBN: 0070200335. ISBN/EAN: 9780070200333. Very Good Condition
Price: 65.00 (AUD)
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Natural Farming Australia: A new era in commercial farmingGraeme Jennings; Tim Marshall; Julie Woodward; Mark Gallagher; Bernie Reppel; Harold Willis,ISBN: 0646243519Acres Australia, Brisbane, 1995. First Edition Softcover Softcover. Good Condition/. First Edition. Size: 27cm x 19cm. Unpaginated. Book is in Good condition, by which we mean it has marks of age and is well worn from handling, but is still intact and good for reading. Light foxing and soiling to outside edges of text block. Shelf and edge wear to covers. Creasing to covers. Foxing and soiling to covers. Light browning to page extremities. Slightly cocked. Slight discolouration to spine. Shipped Weight: 0.38 kilos. ISBN: 0646243519. ISBN/EAN: 9780646243511. Good Condition
Price: 20.00 (AUD)
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Growing Better WoolA. E. Henderson,
A. H. & A. W. Reed, Wellington, 1968. First Edition Hardcover Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Size: 24cm x 18cm. 108 pages. Book is in Good condition, by which we mean it has marks of age and is well worn from handling, but is still intact and good for reading. Light foxing to top outside edge of text block. Very light foxing to endpapers and first/last few pages. Rubbing/wear to board edges. Biopredation to board edges. Shipped Weight: .50 kilos. Good Condition
Price: 20.00 (AUD)
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The Journal of the Department of Agriculture of Victoria Australia (Vol 15, 1917)D. S. Oman,
The Department of Agriculture of Victoria, Melbourne, 1918. Hardcover Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. . Contains all 12 parts bound in 1 volume. Size: 24cm x 16cm. 768 pages. Book is in Good condition, by which we mean it has marks of age and is well worn from handling, but is still intact and good for reading. Foxing to outside edges of text block. Foxing to first/last few pages and occationally throughout. Rubbing/wear to boards and spine. Small chips to top and bottom of spine. Small amount of biopredation to inside of rear board. Very light bumping to corners. Small amount of dampstaining to some page edges. Minor marks to index, in pencil. Shipped Weight: 1.35 kilos. Good Condition
Price: 100.00 (AUD)
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Proceedings of the Conference On Weed Control In Rice (31 August-4 September, 1981)International Rice Research Institute,ISBN: 9711040743International Rice Research Institute, Manila, 1983. Softcover Softcover. Good Condition/. . Size: 23cm x 15cm. 422 pages. Book is in Good condition, by which we mean it has marks of age and is well worn from handling, but is still intact and good for reading. Light soiling to outside edges of text block. Light shelf and edge wear to covers. Light discolouration to covers. Front flyleaf and title page separated from spine, rest of binding remains intact and firm. Previous owner's signature in ink. Light browing to the extremities to first few pages. Shipped Weight: .59 kilos. ISBN: 9711040743. ISBN/EAN: 9789711040741. Good Condition
Price: 15.00 (AUD)
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GRASS ROOTS The Early YearsMiller, Meg and DavidISBN: 0959524401Meg and David Miller Shepparton 1979 First thus. Paperback Grass Roots craft and self-sufficiency magazine was first published in 1973. Since that time readers from all over Australia have been sharing their enthusiasm for a more independent lifestyle and passing on the skills and know-how needed to attain it. This book is a reprint, by popular demand, of the first five issues of Grass Roots which have been out of print for some time. In its pages will be found an amazingly thorough collection of hard-to-find information from making sleeping bags, insect sprays or dandelion wine to training a horse to pull a jinker, knitting straight from the fleece or raising an orphan lamb. ; 275 x 210mm; 238 pages Very Good+
Price: 45.00 (AUD)
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Cane Sugar and Its ManufactureGeerligs, H. C. Prinsen,
Norman Roger, London, 1909. Reprint Hardcover (Original Cloth) Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Reprint. preface by author and index. Throughout the text. There are various tables and figures. Dark red coloured cloth covered boards with gilt coloured embossed titles to the front panel and backstrip. This book was first published in 1903."The aim of the present work is to compile in one book everything that is known about the chemistry and technology of the sugar cane and sugar cane manufacture." -- from the preface, page 7. This book is showing age and wear.Softening to the backstrip edges with bumping of the book corners. Rubbing and sunning of the book edges with various rubs and marks to the book panels. Sunning of the backstrip. Browning and foxing of the textblock edges with browning of the pages. Quite noticeable darkening of the free front end paper and both endpapers show handling marks. The rear hinge has started to crack. The page following the free front end paper has been torn and in half  please see photograph. Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. [9], X - XII, [3], 4 - 350, [3, then II - XVI (index), [2] ] pages,. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Category: Farming & Rural Life; Sugar Cane; Inventory No: 0118352. This book weighs over 1 Kg packed and extra postal costs will be asked for when shipping outside Australia.. Good Condition
Price: 33.00 (AUD)
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The Northern Myth: A Study of the Physical and Economic Limits To Agricultural and Pastoral Development in Tropical AustraliaDavidson, B. R.,
Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1965. First Edition Hardcover (Original Cloth) Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Maps and Tables. First Edition. At the beginning of the book is an excerpt from "Capricornia" by Xavier Herbert, 1937, preface by author, acknowledgements, list of abbreviations, to appendices and index. Map illustrated end pages, showing a map of Australia and the topical north of Australia highlighted. The text is illustrated with numerous tables and maps. Green coloured cloth covered boards with gilt coloured titles to the back strip. Plain text dustwrapper with black coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. As the title would suggest a study of the physical economic limits of agricultural development in northern Australia. The author, a distinguished agricultural scientist and economist of the time known both in Australia and overseas, uses publicly available data of the time, saying that the development of northern Australia was based on flawed research both past and present. Softening and rubbing of the back strip edges with a little rubbing of the top corners and lower book edges. Some marks to the book panels with uniform tanning of the text block edges and age toning of the pages. A previous owner had covered the dustwrapper in plastic, and held the plastic in place with tape  the tape has left residue. Previous owners name to the top right hand corner of the free front end page. Minor chipping of the dustwrapper corners with creasing of the top dustwrapper edge and shipping of the lower back strip edge. A few marks and rubs to the dustwrapper panels with fading of the back strip. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [6], VII - XVIII, 283, [3] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Maps and Tables. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Farming & Rural Life; Australia; 1960s; Inventory No: 0124822. Very Good Condition
Price: 22.00 (AUD)
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The Internal Parasites and Parasitic Diseases of Sheep: Their Treatment and ControlRoss, I. Clunies & Gordon, H. McL.,
Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1936. First Edition Hardcover (Original Cloth) Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/Fair. Illustrator: Photographic and Illustrations. First Edition. Preface and introduction by authors, list of illustrations, appendix, glossary of scientific terms, bibliography and index. The text is illustrated with black-and-white photographs and black-and-white illustrations and line drawings. Green coloured cloth covered boards with gilt coloured titles to the back strip. Plain text dustwrapper with black coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. The title says it all, the first edition of a seminal work. Softening and rubbing of the back strip edges, with pumping of the book corners. Rubbing to the lower book edges with a few marks of the front panel. Age toning, marks and foxing to the text block edges.. Offset planning and foxing to the endpapers and the foxing continues for the first few and last few pages of the book. Previous owner's rubber stamp to the free front end page, half title page, title page and dedication page. The top right hand corner of the rear free end page has torn roughly  please see photograph  as it appears to have been attached to the rear paste-down, and, when opened it tore. The dustwrapper is not in great shape  please see photograph. Chipping and splits to the dustwrapper corners with a piece missing from the top right hand corner of the back strip. Fading and staining of the back strip and the fading has extended a little too the panels. Remnants of a sticker can be seen to the front panel and previous owner's rubber stamp to the top edge of the front panel. Creasing of the dustwrapper edges along with rubbing, with rubbing of the panels. Foxing can be seen and the remnants of insect damage can be sent to the top edge of the front fold over panel. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [7], VIII - XX, [1], 2 - 238, [2] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic and Illustrations. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Farming & Rural Life; Australia; 1930s; Inventory No: 0124820. Good Condition
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Great Working Horse StoriesGoode, Angela,ISBN: 1742370888Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 2009. Reprint Softcover Softcover. Very Good Condition/. Illustrator: Photographic. Reprint. foreword by R. M. Williams, acknowledgements, introduction by author, glossary and list of contributors and characters. The text is illustrated with three inserts, of eight pages each, of black-and-white photography. Colour photographic paperback binding with blue, white and brown coloured titles to the front panel and blue and brown coloured titles to the back strip. Stretching over three generations, a book about Australian horses in the work environment, be they heavy horses pulling big loads, police horses or working in the outback, told by their owners and partners. Minor creasing to the book corners with rubbing of the book edges and panels. Age toning of the text block edges. Previous owners' names to the top edge of the free front endpaper. Size: Trade Paperback. [10], XI - XX, 393, [1] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Farming & Rural Life; Horses; Australia; ISBN: 1742370888. ISBN/EAN: 9781742370880. Inventory No: 0121252. Very Good Condition
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Romancing Mary Jane: The Year in the Life of a Failed Marijuana GrowerPoole, Michael,ISBN: 1901250695Fusion Press, London, 2000. First Edition Softcover Softcover. Very Good Condition/. First Edition. Introduction by author, the mythology of marijuana, notes and acknowledgements. Photographic paperback binding with white and pale yellow coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. Black and white photograph of all to the rear panel. The author, a successful filmmaker, turned his back on film and decided to become a cultivator of marijuana in the Canadian mountains. But, cultivating Mary Jane was a little harder than envisaged - the constant threat of police, poachers and the elements themselves made the idea ultimately a failed one. But it also gave the author a chance to write down his thoughts and " ... evokes the beauty of the landscape wildlife  and people  of British Colombia, in prose that soar high above the rocky bluffs and wide expanses of the Pacific ocean  from rear panel blurb Rubbing of the edges and panels with uniform light tanning of the text block edges. Pages 37 / 38 have become dogeared. First edition of the work in this format and binding, and/or set or series. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 208, [4] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Category: Farming & Rural Life; Marijuana Growing; Illegal drugs; Canada; ISBN: 1901250695. ISBN/EAN: 9781901250695. Inventory No: 0126028. This book is light, and postage will be reduced to $7.80 for shipment within Australia. . Very Good Condition
Price: 14.00 (AUD)
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New Zealand and its SheepBowen, Godfrey,
The Author, Wellington, New Zealand, 1977. Reprint Softcover (Saddle-stapled) Softcover (Saddle-stapled). Very Good Condition/. Illustrator: Photographic. Reprint. Foreword by author. The text is illustrated with black-and-white photographs and maps. Colour photographic paperback binding, showing the author with champion Marino, and on the rear panel a photograph of the champion Rams representing each of the 19 breeds that New Zealand has. A small book on the various breeds of sheep that are bred in New Zealand, and what services they provide  whether wool or meat. Inserted loosely into the book is a postcard replicating the photograph to the rear book panel. A little creasing of the book corners with rubbing of the book panels. Some yellowing of the white of the background. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 33, [3] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Farming & Rural Life; Sheep; New Zealand; Inventory No: 0124526. This book is light, and postage will be reduced to $7.80 for shipment within Australia. . Very Good Condition
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A History of the Frozen Meat Trade: An Account of the Development and Present-day Methods of Preparation, Transport, and Marketing of Frozen and Chilled MeatsCritchell, JamesTroubridge & Raymond, Joseph,
Constable and Company, London, 1912. First Edition Hardcover (Original Cloth) Hardcover (Original Cloth). Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket. First Edition. preface by authors, list of illustrations, 12 appendices, and the index. Black-and-white Illustrated frontispiece, showing " The S. S. Strathleven ". The text is illustrated with numerous black-and-white photographs and tables. Red coloured cloth covered boards with gilt coloured embossed titles to the front panel and back strip. A history of the frozen meat trade, being meats being transported to England from Australia, New Zealand and South America. Softening and chipping to back strip edges with some small tears present as well. Bumping to the book corners with the underlying board visible to the lower corners. Rubbing to the lower book edges with heavy staining, marks and rubs to the book panels. Fading and staining to the back strip. Browning and foxing to the text block edges. The front panel is extensively rubbed, stained and marked. The lower stain of the front panel has bled onto the lower page edges and through to the back panel edge. The spine is slightly cocked. The spine is extensively sunned and faded. Heavy browning and foxing to the text block edges, with, browning to the endpapers and there is heavy foxing to the first few pages and last few pages of the book and then occasional foxing spots throughout the book. The front and back hinges have split and underlying webbing can be seen. Grubby marks and handling marks to the front endpapers. On the free front endpaper there has been a company stamp placed -- "New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited". This is the first UK edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. XVIII, 442 pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Category: Farming & Rural Life; History -- Modern ; Australia / New Zealand; Economics. Inventory No: 0103314. This book weighs over 1 Kg packed and extra postal costs will be asked for when shipping outside Australia.. Fair Condition
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One of These Days ...’; Springview RememberedRobinson, Charles,ISBN: 0646215469Self published, New South Wales, 1994. First Edition Softcover Softcover. Very Good Condition/. Illustrator: Photographic and Illustrations. First Edition. Signed by Author. two maps (showing where Springwood is in New South Wales) and family tree. The text is illustrated with black-and-white photographs and the occasional black-and-white illustrations. Sepia toned photographic card cover with brown coloured titles to the front panel.The author, who at 76, wrote this book, which is the reminiscences of his family  five generations on the one piece of land in the Young district of New South Wales.Signed by the author on the title page. Size: Mid Sized Paperback. 151, [1] pages,. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Previous bookseller's sticker to the rear panel.. Book is in very good condition with minimal signs of age and wear.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic and Illustrations. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Australia; Farming & Rural Life. Signed by Author. ISBN: 0646215469. ISBN/EAN: 9780646215464. Inventory No: 0115770. This book is light, and postage will be reduced to $7.80 for shipment within Australia. . Very Good Condition
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Over the RiverAnderson, Mona,
A. H & A. W. Reed, Wellington  Auckland  Sydney, 1966. First Edition Hardcover Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Photographic. First Edition. acknowledgements and list of illustrations. Aqua coloured endpapers with publisher's logo embossed. The text is illustrated with black and white photography.Colour illustrated dustwrapper with Black and white coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. Black-and-white photograph of author and her husband to the rear dustwrapper panel.The story of the author's early childhood and how she came to write her most famous book "A River Rules My Life". Softening to the backstrip edges and rubbing to the book corners and lower book edges. Browning to the textblock edges and light age toning of the pages. The dustwrapper has been protected by library plastic.Rubbing along the fold over edges and to the panels. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [13], 14-207, [1] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; New Zealand; Farming & Rural Life. Inventory No: 0115245. Very Good Condition
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A River Rules My LifeAnderson, Mona,
A. H & A. W. Reed, Wellington, New Zealand, 1964. Reprint Hardcover Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Photographic. Reprint. list of illustrations, list of map. Map illustrated endpapers, showing the area covered by Mount Algidus sheep station in the New Zealand high country. The text is illustrated with black and white photography and a map. Blue coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the backstrip.Colour illustrated dustwrapper with yellow and black colour titles to the front panel and black colour titles to the backstrip.The author tells the story of 23 years as the wife of the manager of Mount Algidus, 100,000 acre, sheep farm in the mountains of South Island of New Zealand. Softening to the backstrip edges and rubbing to the book corners and lower book edges. Browning to the textblock edges and light age toning of the pages. A previous owner has covered the book in plastic and has used tape to fasten said cover  tape to the rear and front paste-downs. Previous owners details to the title page.Chipping to the dustwrapper corners and backstrip edges. A little creasing to the dustwrapper edges with a 0.25" tear to the lower left-hand corner of the front panel with associated creasing. Rubbing and some sunning of the dustwrapper panels. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [8], 9-212 pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; New Zealand; Farming & Rural Life. Inventory No: 0115244. Very Good Condition
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CherriesGrubb, Norman H.,
Crosby Lockwood & Son, Ltd., London, 1949. First Edition Hardcover Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Photographic. First Edition. foreword by H. V. Taylor, preface by author, list of illustrations, bibliography, general index and index to variety names. The text is illustrated with colour photographs  showing different varieties of cherries and black-and-white photographs. Green coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the backstrip. A book put out just after the war on the cultivation, varieties and business of growing cherries commercially in Britain. Softening to the backstrip edges with rubbing of the book corners and lower book edges. Sunning with fading spots to the backstrip with browning and foxing to the textblock edges. Age toning of the pages. Some faint foxing to the endpapers. Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. [4], V - VIII, [2], 2-186, [XVIII  pages of advertisements for various aspects of cherry farming / transportation / etc.] pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Farming & Rural Life; Cherries; Britain/UK; 1940s; Inventory No: 0118359. Good Condition
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Tomato Culture in Victoria (Bulletin Number 26)Krone, Basil P. and Harris, W. H,
Department of Agriculture, Victoria, Melbourne, No date. Reprint Softcover Softcover. Good Condition/. Illustrator: Photographic and Illustrations. Reprint. The text is illustrated with both black and white photographs, illustrations and advertisements. Photographic / illustrated front cover with green and red coloured titles. A publication put out in the early (probably) 1950s, as it shows horse-drawn machines for planting of tomato plants, by the Victorian agricultural Department on how to grow tomatoes, pests and how to control same and even on how to harvest and pack tomatoes for market. Creasing of the book corners with scattered foxing to the panels. Light browning to the book panels, textblock edges and pages. fifth Edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 68 pages,. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic and Illustrations. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Farming & Rural Life; Tomato Growing; Australia; Inventory No: 0118757. This book is light, and postage will be reduced to $7.80 for shipment within Australia. . Good Condition
Price: 16.50 (AUD)
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A Year in the CountryUttley, Alison,ISBN: 0703001671Howard Baker, London, 1979. Reprint Hardcover Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: C. F. Tunnicliffe. Reprint. The text is illustrated with black and white drawings by C. F. Tunnicliffe. Red coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the backstrip. Illustrated dustwrapper, and again by C. F. Tunnicliffe, with green and black coloured titles to the front panel and black coloured titles to the backstrip. A month by month account of living in the country over a 12 month period by the author. First published in 1957. Rubbing to the backstrip edges and book corners. A little rubbing to the dustwrapper panels and creasing to the dustwrapper edges. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 221, [3] pages.. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: C. F. Tunnicliffe. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Farming & Rural Life; Britain/UK; Biography & Autobiography. ISBN: 0703001671. ISBN/EAN: 9780703001672. Inventory No: 0117250. Very Good Condition
Price: 14.00 (AUD)
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The Big Run: The Story of Victoria River Downs StationMakin, Jock,ISBN: 1863022287Weldon Publishing, Sydney, 1976. Reprint Hardcover Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Photographic. Reprint. acknowledgements, bibliography, Station managers and index. Map illustrated endpapers  larger map showing Victoria River District, showing "The Big Run", and a smaller map:  of Australia and where the cattle station is in the Northern Territory. Acknowledgements, bibliography, Station managers and index. The text is illustrated with both colour and black-and-white photographs. Orange coloured boards with white coloured titles to the back strip. Photographic dustwrapper with black coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. "The Big Run tells the rich and fascinating story of Victoria River Downs Station in the Northern Territory. It is an engrossing and meticulously researched account of a large piece of Australia's pastoral heritage." -- from the front fold over panel blurb. Rubbing to the back strip corners and book corners. A hint of age toning of the text block edges. A little rubbing of the dustwrapper edges and panels. Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. [5], 6 - 192 pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Farming & Rural Life; Cattle Station; Australia; Genealogy & Local History. ISBN: 1863022287. ISBN/EAN: 9781863022286. Inventory No: 0120184. Very Good Condition
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Footrot Flats 9Ball, Murray,ISBN: 0008144648Orin Books , Melbourne, 1984. First Edition Softcover (Saddle-stapled) Softcover (Saddle-stapled). Very Good Condition/. Illustrator: Murray Ball. First Edition. The text is illustrated with black-and-white cartoons drawn by Murray Ball. Colour illustrated covers (wraparound), by Murray Ball, with black and red titles to the front panel. The ninth adventures of Dog, Wal Footrot, Horse and the other denizens of Footrot Flats. A little rubbing and creasing to the book edges and age toning of the text block edges. A faint pink stain to the front cover. Previous owners rubber stamp to the top right-hand corner of the title page. Size: Oblong 8vo - 7¾" - 9¾" tall but wider. 80 pages.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Murray Ball. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Humour; New Zealand; Farming & Rural Life. ISBN: 0008144648. ISBN/EAN: 9780008144647. Inventory No: 0120069. This book is light, and postage will be reduced to $7.80 for shipment within Australia. . Very Good Condition
Price: 12.00 (AUD)
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A Blockies MissusMorrison, Daphne,ISBN: 0959389806Self published, Melbourne, 1988. First Edition Softcover Softcover. Good Condition/. Illustrator: Illustrated. First Edition. Signed by Author. Introduction by author. The text is illustrated with the occasional black-and-white cartoons. Paperback binding with red coloured titles to the front panel. Basically set in 1962, about fruit picking, characters and anecdotes from the Mildura region of Victoria. Signed by the author to the title page. A little creasing of the book corners with rubbing of the book edges and panels. Almost complete yellowing of the white coloured paperback binding. Some foxing to the half title page. I'm not sure about the significance, but to the lower edge of the front panel is a sticker saying "Greetings from Old Wentworth Goal''. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 92 pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Illustrated. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Farming & Rural Life; Fruit Picking; Australia; 1960s; Signed by Author. ISBN: 0959389806. ISBN/EAN: 9780959389807. Inventory No: 0123959. This book is light, and postage will be reduced to $7.80 for shipment within Australia. . Good Condition
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Animal Husbandry for Schools: New and Revised Edition (Rural Textbook Series)Harper, Merritt W.,
The Macmillan Company, New York, 1943. Reprint Hardcover (Original Cloth) Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Photographic and Illustrations . Reprint. Preface by author and index. Black-and-white photographic frontispiece, showing cattle drinking in a stream. The text is illustrated with black and white photographs, black-and-white illustrations and graphs. Green coloured cloth covered boards with black coloured illustration, decoration and titles to the front panel and black coloured titles to the back strip. A book that was first published in 1913, dealing with all aspects of farming and rural life. The author goes through the various farm animals, including how to plough the land with various teams of horses. Dairy cattle, beef cattle, wool and mutton sheep are discussed along with swine and fowl. The book is showing age and use. Softening and rubbing of the back strip edges, bumping of the book corners and rubbing to the lower book edges and either side of the back strip. Handling marks and rubs to the book panels. Uniform tanning of the text block edges with age toning of the pages. Foxing to the endpages and a little scattered foxing throughout the text. Original bookseller's sticker to the lower right-hand corner of the front paste-down. Between pages 20 and 21 the book has been "over open" and the underlying webbing is visible - please see photograph. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [4], V - IX, [3], 3 - 615, [5] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic and Illustrations . Quantity Available: 1. Category: Farming & Rural Life; Education. Inventory No: 0124520. Good Condition
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Adams’ ArkAdams, Phillip,ISBN: 0670041505Viking, Camberwell, Victoria, 2004. First Edition Hardcover Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. First Edition. Inscribed by Author. introduction by author. Pale blue coloured endpapers. Blue coloured titles with silver coloured titles to the back strip. Colour illustrated dustwrapper with blue and white coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. Colour photograph of author to the rear fold over panel. Philip Adams' affectionate recalling of animals past and present that have shared his life and his family's in rural New South Wales. Rubbing to the back strip corners and to the book corners. Very light age toning of the text block edges and pages with some pink marks to the bottom edge. There is a 0.5" tear to the top left hand corner of front panel and. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [6], 340 pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Australia; Farming & Rural Life. Inscribed by Author. ISBN: 0670041505. ISBN/EAN: 9780670041503. Inventory No: 0120719. Very Good Condition
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Nature in Farming: A Discussion of Scientific Principles in Their Relation to Farm PracticePaterson, John W.,
Carroll's Ltd., Publishers, Perth, 1935. Fourth Edition Softcover (Stiff Boards) Softcover (Stiff Boards). Fair Condition/. Illustrator: Photographic and Illustrations. Fourth Edition. Preface by author, preface to the fourth edition, list of illustrations, appendix and index the text is illustrated with black-and-white photographs, illustrations and graphs. 1/4 navy blue coloured cloth covered back strip. 3/4 stiffened card covers with black coloured titles to the front panel. A book that was first published in 1916. In this book the author looks at the correlation of scientific principles and how they relate to farming. This book is showing age and use. Chipping to the back strip edges with heavy rubbing to all edges and panels of the book  please see photograph. Previous owners name to the top edge of the front panel which has become indistinguishable as the ink has led. Browning of the text book edges and age timing of the pages. Heavy foxing to the first few and last few pages of the book with some scattered foxing throughout. The underlying webbing of the book is visible in some portions of the book and previous owners name to the top edge of the verso of the front panel. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 230 pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic and Illustrations. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Farming & Rural Life; Australia; Inventory No: 0124529. This book is light, and postage will be reduced to $7.80 for shipment within Australia. . Fair Condition
Price: 14.00 (AUD)
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